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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, JULY 27, 1905.
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WHITE SALMON VA1
Famed for Early Fruits. Big Timber ant .ich
Dairy Lands Thriving' Towns of nite
Salmon, Bing'en, Underwood, Lyle, Pine
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THE WHITE SALMON VALLEY
ih tie weBteru part of Klickitat
county lying botween tbeKlickit
t and White Salmon civera. It
l)Ha an average width of 12 miles,
and in length ia 'H miles. The
distiiiK'nisliiiiK topographical feature
la a range of hills crossing it in a
southeasterly direction whose eleva
tion is from 1300 to '2000 feet above
sea level. The west slope of these
hills, as a rule, is too steep for culti
vation, but atfords good pasture for
horses and cattle. The top is practi
culJy level, with but a gradual slope
toward the Klickitat river. It is cov
ered with a growth of willow, wild
chnrry, hazel maple, oak brush, and
with spleudid Or and pine saw timber.
' This brush and timber grows on a
rich, deep, well-watered soil. Some
of the Quest orchard and grain farms
in the valloy are those which have
bouu cleared of the timber and brush.
It produces rich crops of oats, barley,
wheat, rye, timothy and clover, but is
proving itself especially adapted for
high grade apples, such as Vellow
Newtown Pippins, Spitzenburgs, Jona
thans, lieu Davis, Northern Spies and
othur kinds. It also raises line late
strawborrios. A number of prosper
ous small sawmills are at work, where
sawlogs tlnd a ready sale. Often the
value of the sawlogs pay for the clear
ing of the laud. This land can be
bought cheap, and the day is coming
when all this vast area will be dotted
with tine farms and orchards.
The Whitt Salmon valley proper
lies between the above range of hills
on the east and a parallel range on the
west in Skamania county. These
hills at one time formed the banks be
tween which an immense glacier How-
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U'-fidt'iice of S. C. Zieg'er,
I'd iiom tue snow, top of Adams, 40
miles distant, and v tiich gave it a
gradual southern slope. Let ns fol
low this valley from the Columbia
liver to its uorth boundary.
As one steps i ff the boat at tbeWbite
Salmon landing the prospects are not
at first encouraging. About a quar
ter of a mile from the river is seen a
rocky bluff rising to a height of 400 feet
sloping in places and others making
teep cliff a. lietween the river and
the bluff are some very fine berry,
fruit and early vegetable ranches. The
soil along the bottom' has a large per
centage of saud and needs to be irri
gated. The water for irrigation is se
cured from the numberless springs
that gush out from the hillside.
While the acreage is comparatively
euiHli,yet their productiveness is great
and very early. Strawlierries are
ready for market by the Hist week of
May. Peaches, apricots, nectarines,
English walnuts, almonds and ai
e ni tropical fruits grow to perfec
tion. To illustrate, S. 0. Zeigler,
from one acre of strawberries,
gathered 200 crates, which netted bim
2.:tl per crate, or $462 clear of all ex
penses. From less than oue acre of
early tomatoes he cleared MtiO. Tak
ing bis average income for the past
nve yearB, Mr. Zeigler's books will
how that from four acres in straw
berries and tomatoes he has cleared
tilVIO per year.
The town of White Salmon is situ
ated on a plateau above this bluff, and
has been called the "West Point" of
Washington. The ride up from the
river is tieautiful. To the right the
winning Columbia may be sen for
miles, while on the left the hillsides
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are rich in flowers, shrubs, ferns, and
all kinds of mountain brush. Whit
Salmon is 500 feet above the river, bat
so gradual Is the grade that one scuroe
ly peroeivea the rise. Arriving at
White Salmon, the view ia tn inspira
tion. Directly opposite is the city oi
Hood River, and behind it the farm
and orchards sloping slowly to tht
foot of Mount Hood, 33 miles dis
tant. The snow-clad top of Mount
Hood appears almost at hjind.so vivid
does it loom up against the bine sky.
The Columbia river may be seen foi
a distanoe of 25 miles. To the east,
where its winding course is obstruct
ed by a projecting spur, the view ap
pears like a great lake amid the ever
lasting bills. Tracing its coarse west
ward we se "Cape Horn" jutting out
15 miles away, and the steamers ply
ing to and fro. This valley, sheltered
both o'i the east and west, gives ar
eveu climate. With its pure water,
bealthfuluess and adaptability of tht
soil for culture of berries and fruitt
makes it a delightful place to build a
home.
From White Salmon three country
roads branch out ; one going to Trout
Lake, the second to Ulenwood in
Camas Prairie, and the third to Uold
endale, the county seat.
Both Trout Lake and Camas Prairie
are well known for their dairying
and stockraisiug industries. The soil
of Trout Lake is especally adapted to
the growth of clover. Two crops are
cut each year and will average Ave
tons to the acre. While that of Cams
Prairie seems at one time to bave
been a Vast lake bottom, here timothy,
red top and natural grass thrive.
Both communities are noted for their
fine cattle and dairy stock. The but-
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ter and cheese from these sections
are acknowledged to be the finest sent
to Portland and the Sound markets.
Hoth are close to the Mount Rainier
forest reserve. This gives them ex
tensive free range of the finest kind of
pasture, as the government encourages
settlers to graze on the reserve.
Trout Lake is also a famous summer
resort. Thousands of campers speud
their vacations hunting and fishing in
that section, and from this point most
of those woo essay the ascent of
Meunt Adams take their start. The
beauty and picturesqueness of the
scenery, the One fishing and huntiug,
the pure water and air make it an
ideal place to spend a few weeks from
the heat and bustle of city life.
Chris (iuler has a commodious ho
tel. It is couduoted without undue
convention and formality, and oue
soon learns to feel at borne. The
table is supplied from his own exten
sive farm with pure rich milk, tender
meats, sweet country butter, fresb
vegetables, berries and fruits. Every
day parties go forth to hunt and fish,
to explore the "ice caves" or to try
the more difficult feat of climbing
Mount Adams.
Here also is to be found a ball of
music, of dancing, of billiards, of ten
pins, and of every other sport ta
which ladles and gentlemen may with
out hesitation abandon themselves
during their outing in this region of
sights and delighs, of climbing, fish
ing and rowing. Tbode Bros, bave
prepared themselves so as to be able
to cater to every whim caprice and
fancy of tourists this season.
The ollmate of the White Salmon
valley is pleasant and healthful. Ths
sudden changes from heat to cold, ro
dry to wet, so conductive in the east
ern states to sickness, never occur
here, and the death rate is about one
third that of New York or Massachu
setts. Rarely does the temperature
go to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in sum
mer or to zero in winter. Only once
in the past three years. The mean
temperature for the mouth of Janu
ary last was 30 degrees, and for July,
1940, 78 degrees. A case of sunstroke
or prostration by beat to man or beast
has never been known, even when
busy in the harvest fields of July and
August. Usually the heat is tempered
with a cool breeze from the bills, and
the night are comfortable for rest.
There is but little dew gathers at
night, and camping or sleeping in the
open is attended with no danger.
Thunder and lightening are rare, and
severe storms, earthquakes, cyclones,
blizzards, drought and floods are en
tirely unknown. The mountain air
blows from the forests of flr and pine,
and ia a speoiflo for malaria, asthma
and bronchial afflictions. Many set
tlers who come to this valley with
asthma and catarrh have gotten en
tirely well without the use of medi
cine. Abundanoe of pure water is a great
blessing. There are numberless
springs throughout the valley. The
writer has counted live on oue 20-acre
tract. These springs have their origin
in the snow-clad tops of the Cascades
and Mount Adams, and after filtering
through a volcanic and gravel forma
tion come forth pure, soft, cool and
entirely free of all alkali and harmful
mineral substances.
Our valley is singularly free from
harmful spring frosts. A. H.
Jewett.who has lived here for 30 yearc.
ivowa that be has not known in all
.hat time where spring frosts injured
the berries or fruit. Even this year,
when Walla Walla lost from 40 to 60
per cent of their fruit, berry and veg
etable crop, White Salmon did not
lose a blossom.
It is generally kuown that the great
produotiveity of the soil of Washing
ton ia due to its volcanic origin. The
wear and tear of the elements for cen
turies, the glacial action and other
causes bave disintegrated and grpuud
Into the finest soil what at one time
were forbiddea beds of lava. This
soil is so rich in the chemical elements
needed for plant fruit and grain
growth that it is practically inex
haustible. The White Salmon valley, having at
one time been a glacier bed, has a
rich, deep soil. The prevailing soil
is a loam mixed with a large percent
age of volcanic ash. This is the best
combination for fruit and berries.
The loam gives it body and the vol-
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canlc ash productivity and drability. , land that is irrigated, yet when the :
The depth varies from 10 to 40 feet, I cost of the water is counted, the labor
with a sub-soil of clay or gravel. The and expense of making and maintain
capaoity of tbe soil for moisture is so ing the ditches, and the fact that the i
great that nearly all tbe rainfall pene- j non-irrigated berry is a better shipper !
trates immediately into it. The pre-1 and brings a higher price, the tlnan
cipitation of winter and early spring cial advantage is w ith the nou-irrigat-1
permeates tbe soil to a depth of 5 or 6 ed berry. Still the plants are big j
reel, noldlng it as a vast reservoir,
During tbe diyer season this moisture
gradually works to the surface,so that .
tbe roots of tbe trees and plants are
always moist. If in tbe middle of Au-'
gust one scratches up tbe "dust blan
ket" within two inches of the surface
fine, moist soil is found. The pres
ence of tbe volcanic ash makes it fria
ble and easy to work, and prevents
lumping or baking. This soil also be
oomes richer tbe more it is worked.
Laud that has been in cultivation for
20 years produces larger crops than
when first planted. Very few ranches
ever use manure or fertilizer. Clover,
vetch, wheat, barley, potatoes and all
kinds of garden yield large crops.
Abe Urosbong planted nine sacks of
potatoes on less thau one acre of
ground, and from it took i:t0 sacks of
potatoes, many of which weighed five
pounds. Tbe potatoes were solid and
entirely free of defects. He received
o i an average $1.25 per sack. Thus
from less than oue acre of potatoes he
denied 162 50.
Many of the ranchers 1
take two crops of potatoes from the
same piece in one season. In tbe ear
ly spring they plant early potatoes for
market. Wheu these are dug they
then plow and replant a late potato.
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Some gather a crop of berries and a
crop of tomatoes from the same piece
of land, planting tbe tomatoes lie
tween tbe rows of strawberry plants,
thus greatly increasing their returns.
All this too, without adding fertil
izer. All the soil needs is careful cul
tivation. This valley lies between the exces
sive rains of tbe coast and the drought
of tbe North Yakima region. Tbe an
nual precipitation is between 40 and
45 inches, thus making irrigation un
necessary. This amount of moisture
falls during ten months of tbe year,
there being little or no rainfall dar
ing the harvest mouths of July and
Auyust. Our rainy season logins
some time in Soptembor and continues
to Oecembei ; from December to
March snow falls, about M per cent
of the whole. From that on he have
periodio spring rains. On the third
day of last July Ik inches fell. After
that we had no rain till September.
And there is one interesting feature
the wind rarely blows while the rain
is falling.
This amount of rainfall togetherwith
the character of the soil ami the cli
matic conditions, bring larger yields
of berries, fruit, grasses and grain
without the trouble and expense of ir
rigation. The Whito Salmou strawberries are
from one week to ten days earlier
than those of Hood River. 1 his gives
the White Salmon berry two advan
tages, they have established their
market before the Hood River grower
begins to ship, and early berries bring
the highest prices. The early lierries
on the White Salmon side are due to
two topographical features. The
White Salmon valley lies north of the
Columbia river, with a gradual south
em slope, while Hood River is on Hie
south bank, with a uorth slope. The
south slope is always the emiiest and
best slope for the culture of berries.
Moreover, in the spring the prevailing
wind is from the ocean, and blows
Chris Gnler's Trout Lake Resort
brisklv between the high banks of t he
Columbia river. Below Hood River
the Columbia makes a bend to the
uorth and throws the wind to the
south shore, while White Salmon is
protected not only by the bend of the
river, but by a range of hills on the
weBt. In this valley, opeu to the early
spriug sun and protected from the
chill ocean winds, the berries ripen as
early as the first week in May.
The berries are grown without irri
gation. Besides saving the labor and
expense of irrigating, tlius obtaining a
better berry. The berries are firmer,
of a richer llavor and color, and are
better shippers. For cunning ami
preserving they ciinnot be surpassed.
While the yield per arm on non-irrigated
land is not so Imye as that on
yieliiers. .John inina, rrom at, acres,
gathered 01!t crates of 1-tier berries.
Ibis was an unusual yield, and it
would tie unfair to quote such as a
rule. On an average we figure 150
crates of first class berries to the acre.
Of course the price varies. The first
shipment brings from to 87 per
crate. We have gotten as high as $12
for the first few crates. John Trana's
crop of ill'.) crates averaged him 1.75
per crate clear of all expenses. J. C.
Clarksou, from au acre of 2-year old
plants and two acres of 1-year old
plants netted 10-1 1, and Mike and C.
11. Thornton, from au acre they had
together, cleared e U7 each. A quota
tion from the bureau of statistics of
the state of Washington, page 104, will
bear witness to the above statements:
"Southern Klickitat county has a
number of very productive fruit lielts,
the oldest and best developed being
the White Salmon valley. The condi
tions here are also at their best. Ow
ing to their proximity to the great
snow peaks of Mt. Adams and the Cas
cade range, there is an abundance of
rainfall. The Hood River berry was
doveloped here, and is kuown aa the
host shipping berry in existence."
Lovers of beaut ifnl fruit will Hud in
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soil and climate, a ided to these the
topographical features are such that
one can select the proper slope for
.either early or late apples. It is well
i kuown that fruit trees.generally speak
ing, prefer an undulating surface such
as here. If one asks the grower
what kind of trees do liest, he invar
iably replies that it is hard to tell, as
i all kinds do equally well; but the fa
IvoritesBre Yellow Newtown Pippius,
i Spitzenburgs. Jonathans, W inesaps
'and Northern Sides. While the in
dustry of growing commercial apples
j is still in its infancy, yet there are
euough bearing orchards to prove
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absolutely the superiority of the ,
White Salmon valley tor the culture
of apples mid other fruits. Captain!
H. C. Cook lias a bearing orchard one.
mile west of White Salmon, in w hich 1
one !)-year-old tier yielded '27 bo
of Spitenbiirgs. Mordceiu Jones,
nine miles north, has :10 acres in high
grade apples. R. M. Clemens, seven
miles northeast, has 12 acres in bear
ing orchard. William Olson, William
Lock, N. M. Woods, ami many others
have flourishing orchards. Thou
sands of young trees are set out annu
ally, in a few years the White Sal
mon valley will be as justly famous as
Hood finer for its big red apples.
These apples are grown on nou irri
gated land, anil have that delicate fla
vor characteristic of hill or nioiiiit.ii in
fruit so popular with consumers. '1 he
apples are large, of a high color, and
splendid keepeis. The trees, too, are
singularly freo from many of the fruit,
pests that afflict orchards.
Au article from the Portland Jour
nal of recent date will give testimony
to this fact.
"in Klickitat county, just, across
the Columbia from Hood Kivei, but
in au altitude 1000 fort higher, Wash
ington farmers have discovered that
Red-cheeked Pippins, lieu Davis ami
other varieties of apples can lie grown
equal to the Oregon product, and with
the additional advantage that spray
ing is unnecessary. One of the.o tnr
mers is in Portland with oO Luxes of
apples for exhibition at the Lewis
ami Clark fair, lie refused Ci per box
from local dealers. The apples are
large, of line flavor and highly color
ed, and without sign of worm or pest
of any kind. The hills are prefera
ble for fruit raising, where the requi
site depth of soil is found. This land
is offered to home seekers at. from i10
to ?;0 per acre in its viigin st to."
Peaches, ears and cherries are sue
cessfully grown. The favorite com
mercial peach Is the W llow Ciawt'ord.
The tree are prolific yielders and
the fruit of a first 1 1 iss flavor and size.
('lierries seem to have fi und a nat
ural home in thin valley, so thrifty the
tiers, so uliuuilunt the yield, lioyal
Ann, Hing and Lamberts bring their
fruit to erfectinti. Unlike the Wil
lamette valley, the fruit does not
"split." From one lioyal Ann tree
Mr. Waldo cleared 1-20 last lull, and
Mr. Maine, fro n a 12-) ear-old tree,
gathered 25 worth of cherries. 1 he
Bartlett, Winter Nellies and other
pears yield big returns for euro in
vested. All them fruits aie early..
Soil that produces inch niiignillceiit
strawberries could not fail to make a
good show ng w ith other berries. Rasp
berries, blackberries, dewberries ami
Logau berries often turn nil from i?20U
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to J.'iOO worth per year o the acre.
An experiment is bring made with
English walnuts, lt is too early to i
give an accurate opinion, still from
every indication the English walnut
will prove a successful grower in this!
valley. I
There is a horticultural society that
meets twice a month for the si inly of j
fruit culture in this valhy. This!
society is of great help to the indi- i
vidual growers. The meinl ei s guard
with care not only t heir ow u hut Ihnr
neighbor's orchard. 1 he object is to
suppress every indication of fruit;
pests. The industry of fruit growing!
is carried out with the iin t intelli
gence, anil a campaign of iduios is
kept op. Heretofore all fruits and ,
berries have been shipped from Hood
River as Hood River fruit, but the
horticultural society has taken up the
question of shipping ami mm ki t ing
its own products. The orgaiiiat ion
has been perfected, and now shi s its
pro I in tv ;
ihere are hundreds of acres of the
finest of fruit aud berry land. It is
now covered with a growth of wild
cherry, oak, hael, willow. ma le, and
other brush anil some scattering llr
trees. This land can be rleared fur:
from $20 to 10 per acre. After clear-1
ing, the land is put iuto potatoes or
straw lierries, am' the young orchard j
started. 'I he soil has stored op in it;
the strength and fertility of ages. No
worn out land, no expense for fertil- ;
izers.
Often the first crop after clearing
pays for the land and clearing thereof,
Small fruit and vegetables are plant-
ed lietween the rows of growing trees
until the trees l!gin to Is-iir. which is
usually four years. Thus iu a short
time one has earned for himself a
beautiful home, a good income and
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to do.
The question is sometimes asked:
"But will not the enterprise of apple
growing be overdone and the market
overcrowded? The same question was
asked when the groat Paoillo .North
west turned its attention to wheat
growing. Today wheat growers are
getting a higher price for their wheat
than 15 years ago. If one raises a
Itrst-clasB apple tliere w ill always be a
demand for it. Today our apples
are sold in all the leading cities of
the I'n if ed States and Canada. They
are sold in London, Liverpool, Ham
burg, Berlin, Paris, St. Petersburg,
Honolulu, Japan, China, Australia,
New Zealand, Siberia, Manila and the
mining camps in Alaska, ljist year
.Kim lioxes ot White Salmon and Hood
River apples were shipped to Shang
hai, and the increase in the acreage
does not equal the increase in the for
eign demand for Oregon anil Wash
ington apples.
The products of the White Salmon
valley are shipped both by boat and
by rail. All steamers on the Colum
bia river plying between Portland anil i
The Dalles stop at White Salmon. :
There is a "comodious dock, and the '
The New Public School
returns show that more freight and
passengers are taken on at Wliile Sal
mon than at any other dock between
Portland and The Dalles. Directly
across the river is the O. R. A N. K.
K. , a transcontinental line. Fruit
and berries are taken across the river
and shipped at the Hood River sta
tion. White Salmon has its own
agent, who devotes his entire time
to the care and shipping of the White
Salmon products.
The Northern Pari Mr has a road
surveyed up the uorth bank of the Co
lumbia river. This will give direct
connections east and west on this sido
side of the river. This road is com
pleted ns far
ar as Vancouver, the right j
ght as far as Pasco, and it
ot wav bou
is confidently predicted that before a
year the connect Ion will be maile.
With transportation direct from White
Salmon the products of this rich
Valley will become justly famous.
.New Con! raiding Firm.
A. I). Maine A Co. is one of the
new IIiiiis of While Salsmnu, and by
the way at the present time is one
of the busiest. Associated with Mr.
Maine are a number of first-class me
chanics, and now al this time most all
of them are very busy, indeed. Mr.
Maine has had a gieat deal of experi
ence in contracting, and now is dem
onstrating how much he knows about
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A lining the New Coiners.
.1. I'". Stratiahan is onn of the new
comers, and he has one of the most
picturesque spots on the mountain
slope. Delias just completed a new
n-.-idcnre, and it clearly shows that it
i is his intention to have one of the
.' prettiest spots on tlieWashingtoii side.
Mr. Straiiahan is au architect of rec-
ognized ability and in the designing
of tho house and the general arrange- j
meat of the ground shows that he dis-!
played marked taste.
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EARLY PIONEER AND
LEADING CITIZEN
l'ho history of Whito Salmon, as
well as the history of Klickitat coun
ty, would not be complete if the name
of A, H. Jewett was not mentioned.
For thirty years he has lieen a resi
dent and he lias worked hard tor the
success of the town, locality and the
county. He owns the most lieautlful
home along the Columbia river. Over
a quarter of a century ago he pur
chased 600 acres of laud and com
menced at once to make White Salmon
what it is. Mr. Jewett has met with
obstacles, but he has always overcome
them. Full of push and enterprise,
he has gone ahead and endeavored to
make a city, lt was he who Inaugur
ated ami installed the water system
and laid out theclty and offered tuucq
to all. He still has 1100 acres of excell
ent land, and there Is uo visitor who
makes White Salmon, but what goes
iuto ecstacies over the lieautiful sur
roundings of his home.
Just to turn back the pages of his
tory we tlnd that he at the age of 16
years shouldered a musket during the
troublesome days of '61, and left bis
Illinois home with Company B, Oue
multireel anil thirty Secoud Volun
teers. At tne close of the unpleasant
ness he entered business and later in
life followed the lot of a traveling
salesman. It was in '74, following the
year of financial disaster lemembered
by many of the older ouos, that he set
foot on Washington soil. He engaged
in tho nursery business, and with the
aid of his wife and sons, who then
were living, commenced to mark out
the lieautiful spot that they call home.
At this time when the city and the
valley of White Salmon is attracting
attention, and many are buying laud,
Mr. Jewett is not in the rear, but ou
the other hand is in the lead aud has
commenced to plat out on the blutt
overlooking the rivor aud when com
pleted will have large boulevards, lie
will construct a uumber of villas and
get ready to take care of all who seek-
to locate In the prettiest spot ou the
Washington sido.
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above the sea level
with the view of
the Columbia for twenty miles, the
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soil the richest, and in fact the spot
the most picturesque for a borne, there
is no que (lion but what the place will
soon fill up and be the residence part
of the city.
Mr. Jewett still has a numlier of
fine business and reisdenee lots, his
original plat of the city. Jewett ave
nue, one of the principal streets of the
city, bears his iiamo. In all matters
pertaining to the best interests of the
city, the social and the moral side in
him has a strong champion.
One of tho strong features of the
home is the summer resort, accommo
dations being made for thirty guests
or more. Mrs. Jewett has almost a
national reputation as a hostess, and
every year entertains many easterners
who come to take advantage of the
beautiful west. Every arrangement is
made for the entertainment and it is
a jolly colony enjoying her hospital
ity. As a horticulturist there is none
better known than Mr. Jewett, and
both he and Mrs. Jewett take au act
ive part in Orange matters.
(i, A. Thomas, living at the edge of
the city, has one of the very Hnest
homes in the city, it was but recent
ly coinpl vied ami has been thoroughly
furnished throughout, it is 110x52 feet
on the ground and cost about ft 1,000.
Mr. Thomas was in the mercantile
business for 12 years and it is his in-
Hill. "--Photo bv Deitz.
teution to enter it again if a railroad
goes through the city. Ho is the
owner of some of the finest laud iu
the White Salmou valley and has
twelve acres In strawberries and a
large commercial orchard.
R. W. Clemens, who makes his home
with his parents, has 40 acres nearby,
and has seven acres cleared. He baa
nearly an acre in berries and over a
hundred bearing fruit trees. He also
has a 160 acres iu the Suowdeu conn-
try.
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